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The AFL are scheduling Monday Night Footy again for season 2013 . Saints play the Blues tonight at 7.40pm in Etihad Stadium . The experiment proved popular last year and has left fans hankering for more night games . Happy to please the AFL have pitted the Cats against the Bombers in a traditional Friday night blockbuster at Etihad .

Lions Jumper

Interestingly there is only one game on this weekend at the traditional Saturday afternoon time slot when the Lions play the Eagles at the Gabba . All other games , including interstate games are at various timeslots including twilight , night or early afternoon . Is it a bold marketing initiative by the AFL ? Or is it simply a clever merchandising ploy to get people to as many games as possible ? It could just be to meet the media requirements of televising , recording and broadcasting all games . Possibly there are a myriad of reasons but fans are the winners and they love getting to the footy wearing their football jumpers , jerseys , guernseys , and cheering their team to victory .

Round 22 saw even more upsets , when the Bombers were thrashed by the Tigers , and the Suns annihilated the Blues . Collingwood were defeated by the Eagles and the Hawks took top spot , by defeating the Swans . NMFC were beaten by Freo in a fight for eighth spot .

Wouldn't be the end of the AFL Season without rumours of a coach sacking . Carlton Coach , Brett Ratten , is the current favourite after the Blues failed to make the Finals.

Off the football field , its raining cats and dogs , in Melbourne on Friday night . On the field the Dogs are challenging the Cats , wearing their iconic tri colour football jumpers , featuring the vintage Dog mascot , honouring their Hall of Fame inductees . Ardent fans will be wanting to wear this style of celebratory football jumper , jersey , guernsey .

swans vs saints

Tigers and Hawks battle at the MCG on Saturday afternoon , and Saints versus the Swans on Saturday night , with the Saints desperate for a win to honour Lenny Hayes in his 250th Game .

WA Derby

Giants are home to Essendon , and the Kangas play the Lions on Sunday . Melbourne battle Carlton hoping for their first win of the Season .

The Western Australian Derby pits the Eagles against the Dockers , and the Crows are home to the Magpies , whilst Port battle Gold Coast in Queensland .

It was a weekend of great footy . Bottom side , Port Power , almost beat the top eight team , the Bombers , an emotional Swans side , defeated the Cats in Geelong , and the Saints thrashed the Kangaroos .

demons win

Interstate battles , saw the Tigers win against the Crows , the Eagles just hold off the brave young Lions , and Collingwood thrash Freo in the West . Hawthorn , comfortably beat the Bulldogs , and Carlton had a rest. Melbourne , with ailing club legend , Jim Stynes, looking on , beat the Suns at the MCG .

AFL Weekend results were a mixed bag , with games providing fiercely contested battles , and some surprise results .

Saints outclassed

The Crows were very good against Geelong in Adelaide , with the Cats scraping a narrow win by only 11 points . The Swans in a shock 43 point loss to the under-performing Tigers have placed their finals chances in jeopardy . This loss allows Fremantle and North Melbourne to keep their finals dream alive .

Carlton , Hawthorn , Collingwood , Geelong and the West Coast Eagles continue to win , broadening the gap between the top five , and the next three contenders , for places in the eight . The Lions won the battle of the Queenslanders , and the Bombers ended the Bulldogs hopes of playing in the Finals . St Kilda , couldn't make it seven wins in a row , and were simply outclassed by the silky skills of the Magpies .

wce = winners

Blues are winners

Its a fierce battle , between five teams , for the last three spots in the eight . Loyal fans , wearing their football jumpers , jerseys , guernseys , will be treated to some fine footy action in the three weeks of home and away matches , as the season draws to a close .